diff --git a/run b/run
index 244d8e3..2da9e1c 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -363,7 +363,10 @@ if "$tmux"; then
     eval "./tmu ./rungdb -a '${arch} -L ${common_linux_variant}' -n ${common_run_id} ${tmux_args}"
   fi
 fi
-cmd="time ${cmd} \\
+cmd="time ${cmd}"
+if ! "$debug_vm"; then
+  cmd="${cmd} \
 |& tee >(ts -s %.s > ${common_termout_file}) \
 "
+fi
 "${root_dir}/eeval" "$cmd" "${common_run_dir}/run.sh"